179 – ʿUmar ibn Abī Muʿādh al-Baṣrī narrated to me. He said: Bakr ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀṣim narrated to me from Mālik ibn Dīnār, who said:

When Bishr ibn Marwān died, a black man who lived in a house near ours also passed away. We followed his funeral procession, and he was buried beside Bishr’s grave. Three days later I happened to walk past the two graves and could no longer distinguish one from the other. At that moment I recalled the poet’s words:

“Gifts exchanged among them are scant indeed,
and a bracelet of copper encircles both the wealthy and the poor.”